Last date for submission filled-in application forms for ODL programmes is November 30

The last date for submission of submission of filled-in application forms for ODL programmes at all Regional Centres is November 30, 2012 (without late fee) and December 20, 2012 (with late fee of Rs 200/-) for January 2013 session.

The Biodiversity Programme is one month short term course organized by IGNOU, Delhi for the session 2012.What is the Aim of Biodiversity Program?

The aim of this Appreciation programme is to provide a critical and conceptually sophisticated understanding of biodiversity science and the socio-economic, political, cultural and institutional environments within which sustainable management of Biodiversity and policy decisions are made.What is the Eligibility Biodiversity Programme?

The eligibility for joining this course would be a Graduation degree in any subject. The post graduate students, researchers, scientists, engineers, medical doctors, stake holders, policy makers, administrators, and other professionals with requisite educational qualifications will be given preference.What is the Fee of the Program?

Fee for the programme is Rs. 500.

What is the Last Date?

Last date for the submission of forms is 20th October 2012.

So, Hurry apply to this course if you are interested, by visiting here www.ignou.ac.in

Indra Gandhi National Open University, recently appointed new VC. The new Vice Chancellor of IGNOU is Prof. Gopinath Pradhan

Prof. Gopinath Pradhan

has taken over the charge of new Vice Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He was the Director of School of Social Sciences (SOSS) of the university since the year 2010.

Prof. Pradhan joined IGNOU in the year 1993 as a Reader in Economics and became a Professor in 1998.

60 year old Prof. Pradhan is a Professor of Economics who completed his MA and Ph.D. in the subject from Odisha’s Sambalpur University in the year 1975 and 1984 respectively. His areas of specializations are Development Economics, Industrial Economics, Public Economics and Quantitative Economics.

Prior to this, he was associated with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, first as an Economist and then as a Senior Economist, N.A.C. College, Orissa as Lecturer of Economics, Sambalpur University as Research Fellow.

Q. 3. Write an essay on the following topic in about 600 words. (20 marks)
Entrance Test for MPhil/PhD in Education

The entrance test will be of 3 hours duration.Total marks of the test would be 100.

There would be 3 questions. All the questions would be compulsory. The medium of test would be English.

The objective of the test is to assess the knowledge and understanding of Education as an area of study and as a discipline and also the analytical ability of the examinees.
There would be three questions in the question paper. The format of the questions would be as follows:

Q. 1: Examinees would be expected to answer questions from all the four areas. Examinees would have to attempt any 20 questions in 50 words each. Areas to be covered:

(1) Research Methodology
(2) Statistical Methods
(3) Educational Psychology
(4) Philosophical & Sociological Foundations of Education
(20 X 2 = 40 marks)
Q. 2 Examinees would have to answer questions from any two of the following areas. The questions would be of objective type. Examinees would be expected to answer 20 out of the 25 questions from each of the areas. Areas to be covered:

Q. 3. Examinees would be expected to write an essay on a topic in 600 words. Through this question we intend to test the research and analytical skills through one of the contemporary issues. No specific area would be prescribed. (20 marks)

IGNOU has declared the details of TEE (Term End Exams). The students who are studying in IGNOU and looking for TEE exams December 2012, can get all details. Examination Fees and Other Instructions

Students are required to pay examination fee @ Rs. 60/- per course for theory as well as practical. A late fee of Rs. 300/- from 1st October, 2012 to 20th October, 2012 and Rs. 500/- from 21st Ocltober, 2012 to 31st October 2012 also needs to be included, if submitted during this period.
Mode of payment

Punjabi University, Patiala
BA 1st Year, BA 2nd Year and BA 3rd Year Date Sheet September and October 2012

Punjabi University has announced the date sheet for the session September and October 2012. The students who are looking for Punjabi University, Patiala date sheet then they can found and download from here.

At this moment Punjabi University has been declared the date sheet for BA 1st Year, BA 2nd Year and BA 3rd Year. The other courses like B.Sc, B.com has not been uploaded yet (We will update this, if Punjabi University declared the date sheet) At mean time, you can bookmark us and browse important educational section and admission notification section.

From last 4 years, IndiaStudyTimes.com regular updating Date Sheet for Punjab Technical University. And this Year for 2012 for the academic session 2012 - 2013 for Date Sheet December 2012 and January 2013, We also updates the Date Sheet of the following courses. The PTU Decmber exams are going to start in this November 2012.

PTU announced the Date Sheet for Course MCA for November December 2012 and January 2013. If you are a MCA student of PTU and looking for December 2012 Date Sheet of Master of Computer Applications then check all exams schedule as follows